neighbourhood in Geldrop-Mierlo

Braakhuizen-Noord

4,545 residents · postal code 5667 · Part of Geldrop, Geldrop-Mierlo

Top 15% in the Netherlands

Safe streets, thinner wallets

The tree canopy within three hundred metres of Braakhuizen-Noord is more than twice as thick as in the average Dutch neighbourhood. Together with low density and a noise level just below the median, that produces an 8.2 for quiet & nature — the sort of score you usually find outside a built-up core.

At 5.4, wealth & income is the weakest pillar, and the picture there is mixed. Property value and the share of top incomes are just below the national median, the share of low incomes exactly on it, vacancy below it — but the social assistance rate is double the median. Not a prosperous neighbourhood, and not a poor one either.

Among the offences everything stays below the national median except burglary, which is just above. What you give up in practice is the GP and the restaurant: both are more than a kilometre away, while the primary school and the supermarket are close.

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Is Braakhuizen-Noord a safe neighbourhood?

For 2025, Braakhuizen-Noord comes out at 16 recorded crimes per 1,000 people present; the national middle is 24. That is low: Braakhuizen-Noord is among the 20% of Dutch neighbourhoods with the fewest recorded crimes.

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Safety

Registered crimes per 1,000 people present per year: residents plus business activity. Figures for small neighbourhoods are smoothed.

Total crime

15.6 per 1,000

Violent crime

1.7 per 1,000

Burglaries

0.7 per 1,000

Property crime

3.2 per 1,000

Vandalism

1.3 per 1,000

In 2025, 89 crimes were recorded here. The figures above are per 1,000 people present (residents + businesses).

Tick = Dutch median

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Amenities

Average distance to everyday amenities, compared with the Dutch median.

Supermarket

0.8 km

GP practice

1.4 km

Train station

3.3 km

Restaurant

1.2 km

Hospital

2.0 km

Café

0.8 km

Library

1.6 km

Motorway ramp

3.4 km

Tick = Dutch median

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Wealth & income

What the homes are worth, what residents earn and how many homes stand empty. It describes the area, not the people living in it.

Property value

€ 395,000

Welfare recipients

15.4 per 1,000

High incomes

18%

Low incomes

38%

Vacancy

Owner-occupied

77%

Social housing

17%

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Single-family homes

92%

Built after 2000

15%

Tick = Dutch median

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Quiet & nature

How tightly the addresses sit together, how much noise there is, and how much green, trees and water surround it.

Population density

2,294 inw/km²

Noise level

51 dB

Green surroundings

57%

Trees nearby

20%

Water share

Not counted

Part of this score's subject, but not part of the grade.

Addresses per km²

1,318

Fine particles (PM2.5)

8.7 µg/m³

Not part of the grade: air quality varies mostly between regions, barely between neighbourhoods within one municipality. WHO guideline: 5 µg/m³. Calculated annual mean, RIVM 2024.

Tick = Dutch median

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Families

How practical this area is with children: distance to school and childcare, and how many children already live here.

Primary school

0.7 km

Households with children

40%

Childcare

0.7 km

Secondary school

1.4 km

Residents under 15

16%

Tick = Dutch median

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Who lives here

Braakhuizen-Noord has strikingly many residents aged 25 to 45: 28%, against 22% in the average Dutch neighbourhood.

Age profile

0–1516%
NL median 14%
15–2511%
NL median 11%
25–4528%
NL median 22%
45–6526%
NL median 28%
65+18%
NL median 22%

Share of residents per age group (CBS, 2025). All five bars share one scale, so their lengths can be compared with each other.

Average household size
2.3 — around the average
NL median 2.3
Single-person households
30% — around the average
NL median 31%
Households with children
40% — more than average
NL median 35%
Residents per km²
2,294 — around the average
NL median 2,364

Tick = Dutch median. Households with children counts towards Families, population density towards Quiet & nature; the other figures here get no grade.

Frequently asked questions

Is Braakhuizen-Noord a safe neighbourhood?

How much crime is there in Braakhuizen-Noord?

In Braakhuizen-Noord the police recorded 89 crimes in 2025: theft, burglary, violence and vandalism combined. The comparison figure above (16 per 1,000) is not simply that count divided by the number of residents: we count residents plus workplaces, so a shopping street or station is not unfairly penalised, and for small counts we pull the figure towards the national average — otherwise a single incident would make a small neighbourhood look unsafe.

How is the grade for Braakhuizen-Noord calculated?

Braakhuizen-Noord scores 8.9 as its total score. That grade is a national position: we weigh five equally heavy scores — safety, amenities, wealth & income, quiet & nature and families — and see where Braakhuizen-Noord lands among every neighbourhood in the Netherlands. So it is not the mean of the five grades, but a place in the queue. All from open data published by CBS and the police.